>Flock’s camera and accompanying software is geared towards private neighborhoods and neighborhood associations looking to decrease petty crime.[1]

[1]https://www.hypepotamus.com/flock-safety-funding-round-growt...

The scope is always the largest possible audience…

I've been on the internet too long to give credence to people who resort to conspiracy when data doesn't fit their desired narrative.

Founders own words

Unfortunately Google seems to have removed the ability to search only in specific time frames, but the original pitch I'm sure does exist out there.

There are over 350K HOAs in the US, so scaling to just HOAs would still be an undertaking

You don’t mention that they were reading license plates with cameras from Day 1 already tracking people - that was the technology and still is

"Yes, HOAs would honestly want plate readers.."

Bad look

Wake me up when HOAs are nationally detaining people.

It started as license plate readers and expanded to include identifying people by clothing, body type, etc. storing it in a database that communicates with surveillance networks in other cities.

That is literally mass surveillance.

Me and the founding mission of flock when it got seed funding from HN in 2017.

Flocks original goal was private security for HOAs, nothing to do with police/government. Hence this whole debacle here in the comments.

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety

> From the moment we started Flock Safety, we had an incredibly clear, boldly audacious mission ... We provide a life-or-death product, a mission-critical system for cities